Culture Week Begins in North Carolina Offices
RALEIGH AP The annual Culture Week starts Tuesday December 1 inviting North Carolinians to review the past year’s cultural achievements. Twelve organizations hold meetings with prize presentations in art literature music history and preservation led by speakers from Columbia University and Washington groups.
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Raleigh
John A. Krout
Columbia University
North Carolina Literary and Historical Assn
Pratt Thomas
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
George M. Morris
Washington
North Carolina Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
The
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
State Art Society
Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
Roanoke Island Historical Assn
Literary
Lake weighs Governor bid based on campaign funds
Raleigh attorney Beverly Lake, longtime governor hopeful, hints a decision after year’s start. He notes pledges of support and a growing fund but says total money is uncertain. He plans to base a potential campaign on utility regulation but remains noncommittal about running.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Beverly Lake
Virginia
North Carolina
Lake
Utilities Commission
Greek generals resign amid health concerns
In Athens General Constantine Dovas, head of the national defense staff, and Lt. General Dimitrios Seiradakis, chief week, resigned reportedly due to poor health. Reliable informants named health as the reason for stepping down.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine Dovas
National Defense Staff
Dimitrios Seiradakis
Henderson Union Plans Strike Anniversary Rally
Labor delegations from ten states join North Carolina and local workers for a Sunday rally at Henderson's National Guard Armory marking one year since the Harriet-Henderson Mills strike began on November 17 1958. Speakers include TWUA officials and AFL-CIO leaders.
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Henderson
N.C
Textile Workers Union of America
Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills
National Guard
John Chupka
TWUA
Franz Daniel
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Carey Haigler
Millard Barbe
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
New Jersey
New York
Toll Passes 1000 in North Carolina Traffic Deaths 1959
The Associated Press reports North Carolina’s 1959 traffic fatalities reached 1000 when a speeding car hit a utility pole near Monroe injuring another person. A second fatal crash near Faison killed 23 year old Lewis Lanier as a tractor trailer collided head on. driver David Rackley injured. The highway was blocked about five hours.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Johnny Lee Winchester
Rt. 1
Monroe
U.S. 74
Lewis B. Lanier
Jacksonville
N.C
Faison
Lanier
David R. Rackley
Wallace
George
Piedmont Area Meeting Set For Northern Piedmont Area
Greensboro AP Dr John Tyler Caldwell new chancellor of State College will deliver a main address at the first annual meeting of the Northern Piedmont Area Association here Monday November about 250 are to attend the 7 county event.
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Greensboro
John Tyler Caldwell
State College
Piedmont Area
Agony Assa
The
Association
NEA to run campaign for federal aid to education
The National Education Association says it will mobilize public support for new Congress action on federal aid to education. It backs Murray Metcalf Bill aims for a four year 4.4 billion dollar grants program for school construction and teachers' salaries with state choice on priorities.
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House Education Committee
William G. Carr
NEA
Injuries Reported From Friday Night Bridge Crash and Rural Road Collision
In wrecks between 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday afternoon six people were hurt when two cars collided on a narrow bridge near Durham Friday night. Ten other persons were injured in a head on collision Saturday on a rural road near Rutherfordton.
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Durham
Rutherfordton
Fifteen Escape From Pre-Dawn Fire in Franklinton Building
Fifteen occupants fled an ancient apartment rooming house in Franklinton early Saturday when an oil heater in Hobson Moore’s apartment exploded. None injured. Firemen from Louisburg and Franklinton fought the blaze, destroying the second floor and leaving the building and contents a total loss.
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Franklinton
N.C
Hobson Moore
B. S. Hale
Moore
Louisburg
Hale
Miracle Baby Larry Kent Survives Burns After Hospital Return
Spartanburg reports Larry Kent, burned over 90 percent of his body in a gasoline accident, survived multiple surgeries and eight operations, and is home after four months in hospital. His father Marshall Kent saved him, but a large hospital bill remains unresolved.
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Spartanburg
Larry Kent
Marshall Kent
Larry
M. J. Kent
Kent
Southern Railway
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